Comment: Five years ago, I used fragments of a longer RT Crosstalk episode and put together this video, adding Polish captions and publishing it in my Polish blog. It seems that this topic did not go away in today’s America. To the contrary, it is being increasingly exploited for a variety of purposes, for example, to influence elections, to advance various political agendas, to divide and conquer (read: control) the people, to redirect public attention from true issues, or to mask wrong doing. In addition to the old “colour of skin” debate, we are recently witnessing aggressive accusations and legal actions involving so-called antisemitism. To all of this clamor, I want to add my own opinion: Please do not confuse racism and discrimination with fairness and justice. I don’t criticise people for who they are but I do criticize people and states for what they do. As a society, we traditionally judge people based on moral standards. We also judge people based on applicable laws, otherwise we would not be putting them in jails. For example, we don’t accept or tolerate cheating, stealing, lying, hurting others, and killing. The same principle should apply to states and international law.

A legitimate critique of Israel’s criminal policies and military operations does not automatically constitute antisemitism. Also,

“Semitic describes a group of languages — including Hebrew and Arabic — as well as the people who traditionally speak them. Semitic is rooted in the Biblical name Shem, the son of Noah, who is traditionally thought of as the direct ancestor of the Jews and Arabs.” – (Vocabulary.com)

Therefore, the term “antisemitism” applies equally to Jews and Arabs, including the Palestinians. It does not, however, apply to the descendants of Khasars. In the context of the Middle East Conflict, it is quite misleading and it should not be used.